Antonyms for enterprises
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : en-ter-prahyz |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛn tərˌpraɪz |
Definition of enterprises
Origin :- early 15c., "an undertaking," from Old French enterprise "an undertaking," noun use of fem. past participle of entreprendre "undertake, take in hand," from entre- "between" (see entre-) + prendre "to take," contraction of prehendere (see prehensile). Abstract sense of "readiness to undertake challenges, spirit of daring" is from late 15c.
- noun adventure, undertaking
- noun resourcefulness, energy
- It is not difficult to surmise to what enterprises the President referred.
- Extract from : « The Railroad Question » by William Larrabee
- If our young men miscarry in their first enterprises they lose all heart.
- Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Another wanted me to buy a paper for him, in which he was to support all my enterprises.
- Extract from : « The Market-Place » by Harold Frederic
- That's the trouble with half the enterprises in the country.
- Extract from : « Mixed Faces » by Roy Norton
- Both these plants are enterprises of Stone & Webster, of Boston.
- Extract from : « The Mountain that was 'God' » by John H. Williams
- I will only hint at some of the enterprises which I have cherished.
- Extract from : « Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience » by Henry David Thoreau
- He accordingly confessed that he had nothing to do with either of the two enterprises.
- Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1917 » by Various
- In his enterprises, he needs aids and collaborators; he needs what he calls "men."
- Extract from : « Napoleon the Little » by Victor Hugo
- The variety and number of enterprises have increased with the years.
- Extract from : « The Negro at Work in New York City » by George Edmund Haynes
- A number of these enterprises are known to have continued for a number of years after 1840.
- Extract from : « The Negro at Work in New York City » by George Edmund Haynes
Synonyms for enterprises
- action
- activity
- adventurousness
- affair
- alertness
- ambition
- attempt
- audacity
- baby
- bag
- ballgame
- big idea
- biggie
- bit
- boldness
- business
- campaign
- cause
- company
- concern
- courage
- crusade
- daring
- dash
- deal
- deed
- do
- drive
- eagerness
- effort
- endeavor
- engagement
- enthusiasm
- essay
- establishment
- firm
- flier
- follow through
- force
- foresight
- game
- get-up-and-go
- gumption
- happening
- hazard
- house
- hustle
- industry
- initiative
- inventiveness
- move
- operation
- outfit
- performance
- pet project
- plan
- pluck
- plunge
- program
- project
- proposition
- purpose
- pursuit
- push
- readiness
- resource
- risk
- scheme
- self-reliance
- speculation
- spirit
- stake
- striving
- stunt
- task
- thing
- trade
- try
- venture
- venturesomeness
- vigor
- work
- zeal
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